本論文的目的是在梅嶸的長詩《艾佛藍書》和短詩集《前九集詩選》中找
到浪漫主義的成分。首先我談到浪漫主義的理論。梅嶸和濟慈以及柯爾雷
基一樣對物沉思，沉思的主旨是在浪漫詩人心中建立一個新世界。柯爾雷
基的新世界是他對外物的感覺和他心中理想世界的融合。濟慈的新世界只
存在於夢幻中而梅嶸的新世界是遠離這個不定的現代社會去找尋另外一個
精神世界。華滋華斯以想像力賦予外物生命而梅嶸則以感情賦予室內陳設
生命。在詩作方面，梅嶸和布雷克同樣逃避現實人生，華滋華斯在自然中
找到心靈的慰藉而梅嶸只能空自回憶童年情景，梅嶸與柯爾雷基同樣對物
沉思並談到神秘世界。梅嶸與拜倫則同樣感到人生乏味而遠遊異地。梅嶸
的新世界遙不可及而雪萊則充滿了對未來新世界的憧憬。最後濟慈與梅嶸
對夢景有不同的反應。第三章談到浪漫詩的四個主題：異化、日常熟悉的
人和景象、古怪和奇妙的事物，以及對人生的厭倦。第四章談到華滋華斯
、雪萊、濟慈和拜倫以及梅嶸詩中共同的形式。

This thesis is to find in Merrill's long poem The Book of
Ephraim and short poem collection From the First Nine 1946-1976
Romantic elements. In theory Merrill as well as Coleridge and
Keats reflects on real world objects. The purpose of this
reflection is to create in the poet's mind a new world. Merrill'
s new world is a world of certainty; he attempts to make
interior decoration of a room come alive with emotion. Merrill'
s changing emotion and Wordsworth's imagination with modifying
colors are like lamps to illuminate their mirror of reflection
upon real world objects. In poetry, Merrill and the individual
Romantic poet are related to each other in a special way.
Blake and Merrill both write poems of a pattern of retreat.
Whereas Wordsworth finds spiritual comfort in his memory of
landscape, Merrill finds no comfort in his memory of unhappy
childhood life. Merrill and Coleridge are the same stimulated
by real objects to think deep thoughts. Boredom of life and
travel to other places are characteristic of Byron and Merrill'
s poems. Whereas Shelley puts more emphasis on the expectation
of the coming of a new world than the tolerance of the old
world, Merrill thinks his new world is too far away to reach.
Keats and Merrill have different reactions to the dream visions
described in their poems. The four Romantic themes are then
introduced in the third part of this thesis. They are the
descriptions of the alienaation of poet from society, of
familiar people and sights, of the exotic and marvelous and of
the weariness of life. Finally, in the fourth part of this
thesis, poetry of experience is discussed as a form of poetry
found in Merrill as well as in Romantic poets.
This thesis is to find in Merrill's long poem The Book of